From 774358c5affca0bcf851f4c8e270a40d456f8aeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Fagerlund Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:51:09 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] FAQ: specify that album tracks must share a date I ran into this requirement with some "fake" compilation albums that were assembled from loose tracks with a variety of dates. This commit also mentions that the `Album Artist` approach works just as well for compilations. --- content/en/docs/faq/_index.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/en/docs/faq/_index.md b/content/en/docs/faq/_index.md index 045818e7..dcdf3526 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/faq/_index.md +++ b/content/en/docs/faq/_index.md @@ -39,10 +39,12 @@ that offer this functionality. We encourage you to explore these options if fold Navidrome only organises music by tags, it will not automatically group a folder containing a bunch of songs with different artists into one album. -For a "Various Artists" compilation, the `Part Of Compilation` tag (`TCMP=1` for id3, `COMPILATION=1` for FLAC) must be set, for all tracks. +For a "Various Artists" compilation, all tracks must either have the `Part Of Compilation` tag set (`TCMP=1` for id3, `COMPILATION=1` for FLAC), or have their `Album Artist` tags set to the same value (like "Various Artists"). For a single-artist album with a different artist name for each track (for example "Alice feat. Bob" , "Alice feat. Carol"), the `Album Artist` tags must be the same ("Alice") for all tracks. +Additionally, the `Date` tag must have the same value (or lack of value) for all tracks in an album. + Also, take a look at the [Persistent IDs](/docs/usage/pids/) feature, which can help you group tracks that belong to the same album, even if they have different artist. You can group tracks by `folder`, for example, by setting the configuration option `PID.Album="folder"`. Check the [PID documentation](/docs/usage/pids/) for more information. From 304763de9d91447d0d7ce7d3db7272678bb29f09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Fagerlund Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 13:30:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Correct the hierarchy of preferred date tags ...and disambiguate some wording. --- content/en/docs/faq/_index.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/en/docs/faq/_index.md b/content/en/docs/faq/_index.md index dcdf3526..b5c782e8 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/faq/_index.md +++ b/content/en/docs/faq/_index.md @@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ that offer this functionality. We encourage you to explore these options if fold Navidrome only organises music by tags, it will not automatically group a folder containing a bunch of songs with different artists into one album. -For a "Various Artists" compilation, all tracks must either have the `Part Of Compilation` tag set (`TCMP=1` for id3, `COMPILATION=1` for FLAC), or have their `Album Artist` tags set to the same value (like "Various Artists"). +For a "Various Artists" compilation, either all tracks must have the `Part Of Compilation` tag set (`TCMP=1` for id3, `COMPILATION=1` for FLAC/Vorbis/etc.), or all tracks must have their `Album Artist` tags set to the same value (like "Various Artists"). For a single-artist album with a different artist name for each track (for example "Alice feat. Bob" , "Alice feat. Carol"), the `Album Artist` tags must be the same ("Alice") for all tracks. -Additionally, the `Date` tag must have the same value (or lack of value) for all tracks in an album. +Additionally, all tracks in an album must be tagged with the same release date. Navidrome will use the `RELEASEDATE` tag (`TDRL` in id3) if present, and will fall back to the `DATE` (`TDAT`) tag otherwise. Also, take a look at the [Persistent IDs](/docs/usage/pids/) feature, which can help you group tracks that belong to the same album, even if they have different artist. You can group tracks by `folder`, for example, by setting